VSCode JTAG debugging not working

[tonytorm]

I'm trying to run JTAG OpenOCD debugging on my ESP32-S3 using VSCode.

I’ve set JTAG as the main port and configured the board properly, but when I try to flash or debug, it doesn't work (it does work with UARTT). I suspect that the OpenOCD command isn't picking up the correct config file.

However, if I manually launch OpenOCD from the ESP-IDF terminal, I can flash the board—but I still can't debug, since the debugger complains that the port is already in use by the manually started OpenOCD instance.

I changed the config file in settings.json, from something called ***_bridge.cfg file, to this:

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"idf.openOcdConfigs": [
        "board/esp32s3-builtin.cfg"
    ]

And now I’m able to flash and monitor over JTAG without having to start the OpenOCD server manually. But when I try to start a debug session, the output just hangs at this point:

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/Users/<myusername>/.espressif/tools/xtensa-esp-elf-gdb/15.2_20241112/xtensa-esp-elf-gdb/bin/xtensa-esp32s3-elf-gdb

VSCode recognises that some sort of debuggin session is happening but no breakpoints are hit trying to pause/restart the debugger either crashes or does nothing, for some context i'll put my launch.json and settings.json configs.


launch.json configuration:

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 {
            "type": "gdbtarget",
            "request": "attach",
            "name": "Eclipse CDT GDB Adapter",
            "program": "${workspaceFolder}/build/${command:espIdf.getProjectName}.elf",
            "initCommands": [
                "target remote :3333",
                "set remote hardware-watchpoint-limit IDF_TARGET_CPU_WATCHPOINT_NUM",
                "mon reset halt",
                "maintenance flush register-cache"
            ],
            
            "gdb": "${command:espIdf.getToolchainGdb}",
            "target": {
                "connectCommands": [
                    "set remotetimeout 20",
                    "-target-select extended-remote localhost:3333"
                ]
            }
        }

settings.json config:

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{
    "C_Cpp.intelliSenseEngine": "default",
    "idf.espIdfPathWin": "C:\\Users\\conta\\esp\\v5.4\\esp-idf",
    "idf.pythonInstallPath": "/Users/<username>/anaconda3/bin/python",
    "idf.openOcdConfigs": [
        "board/esp32s3-builtin.cfg"
    ],
    "idf.portWin": "COM3",
    "idf.toolsPathWin": "C:\\Users\\conta\\.espressif",
    "idf.flashType": "JTAG",
    "idf.customExtraVars": {
        "IDF_TARGET": "esp32s3"
    },
    "idf.port": "/dev/tty.usbmodem101",
    "files.associations": {
        "*.json": "jsonc",
        "nvs_flash.h": "c",
        "esp_log.h": "c",
        "esp_netif.h": "c",
        "esp_mac.h": "c",
        "tcp_server.h": "c"
    }
}

Any help would be immensely appreciated.

[bignacio]

What is the openOCD output from vscode extension ?

You can check by click menu View -> Output -> Choose ESP-IDF from the dropdown and see what is the [OpenOCD] output